Gliding kite mounted on a stick



Jan. 21, 1958 R. L EVICY GLIDING KITE MOUNTED ON A STICK Filed Dec. 18, 1956 IN VENTOR. 14/34:?! 4272:;- BY

GLIDING KITE MOUNTED ON A STICK Robert Levicy, White Plains, N. Y.

Application December 18, 1956, Serial No. 629,030

2 Claims. (Cl. 46-77) This invention relates to amusement devices and, more particularly, to a stick mounted gliding kite.

Gliding kites are usually quite fascinating to children. However, in cost cases it is necessary to have open fields and favorable Winds in order to maintain the kite in flight. An object of this invention is to provide a gliding kite having a short anchor string mounted upon the end of a stick that may be manually propelled through the 311'.

Another object of this invention is to provide a one piece gliding kite having integral framing members that are sufficiently resilient to permit selective adjustment of the wing and tail portions.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a stick mounted glider kite made in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the kite shown in Figure 1, in a flattened position;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view, partly exploded, taken along line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken along line 44 of Figure 2.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing, a kite made in accordance with the present invention is shown to be constructed of a single pliable sheet 12 of equal lateral triangular configuration. A stay strip 14, 15, 16, extends from each corner to the opposite side of the triangle, thereby bisecting each angle and each opposite side. As is shown in Figure 4, each stay strip includes a longitudinally extending and centrally disposed yieldable wire 18 that may be distorted to alter the angle of the wings and tail in a manner hereinafter described.

As shown in Figure 2, a fold line 20, 21, 22, extends between the centers of each side of the triangle, about which the wings 24, 25, and tail 26, respectively, are folded. One end of the wire 18 extending through the central longitudinal stay strip 14 is secured to a stabilizer 28 that extends rearwardly from the tail 26. The other end of the wire 18 is connected to a flexible cord 30 that is secured to one end of an upper pole member 32. Re-

nited States Patent 2,820,320 Patented Jan. 21, 1958 ferring to Figure 3, the upper pole 32 is slideably received a lower pole member 37.

In operation, the wings and tail are adjusted to a desirable angular relationship and the lower pole 37 is manually waved and moved through the air. By means of this motion, the kite is placed in flight in the direction of movement of the pole that may be held in the hand. It will be recognized that the angle of inclination of the wings and tail may be readily altered to produce different types of flight. At all times, however, the stabilizer 28 contributes to the stability of the kite so as to maintain it in flight.

While this invention has been described with particular reference to the specific form shown in the drawing, it is to be understood that such is not to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention, which is best defined by the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A dynamic kite comprising, in combination, an equilateral triangular sheet of flexible material, a stay strip extending from each corner of said triangular sheet to the middle of the opposite side thereof, all of said stay strips intersecting at a common point at the center of said sheet and each comprising a strip of flexible sheet material and a centrally disposed longitudinally extending pliable wire adapted to be distorted to a predetermined shape, one of said stay strips comprising a central longitudinal strip having a stabilizer connected at the rear end adjacent to one corner of said sheet and having a flexible cable connected at the opposite front end adjacent to the middle of the side opposite said corner, the other of said corners being at opposite sides of said stay strip and extending upwardly from the plane of said sheet, and said one rear corner comprising a tail folded downwardly about a fold line normal to said longitudinal strip, and said other corners comprising kite wings folded upwardly about fold lines diverging rearwardly from said front end of said one stay strip.

2. A gliding kite as set forth in claim 1, wherein said flexible cable is secured at one end of a multipart manually operated support rod.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 498,379 Boynton May 30, 1893 1,690,362 De Witt Nov. 6, 1928 1,712,074 Fridolph May 7, 1929 1,762,900 Todd June 10, 1930 2,725,654 Kosikar Dec. 6, 1955 2,751,172 Rogallo et al. June 19, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 368,911 Great Britain A. D. 1932 

